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Pride I Lyrics by Meshell Ndegéocello

No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin

2024

Haven't you felt all my gladness
Haven't you flown through the atlas
Can't you admit there is flatness
Suddenly

It's making me lose
Again
Making me lose again
Suddenly

It's making me lose
Again
Making me lose again
Suddenly

Making me lose, and it's making me lose again

Singing glory to her name
And some angels bloody hell
Bloody hell the blood applied
To my heart the only one
Within the wall

It's making me lose
Again
Making me lose again
Suddenly

It's making me lose
Again
Making mе lose again
Suddenly
Making me losе, and it's making me lose again

Cette nation innocente t'a relégué dans un ghetto au fond duquel elle comptait, en fait, te voir périr
Il me faut énoncer précisément ici ce que j'entends par là, car nous arrivons au fond du problème
Aux racines de ma querelle avec mon pays: tu es né là où tu es né, et a été confronté avec l'ennemi
Avec lequel tu as été confronté parce que tu étais noir, et pour cette seule raison
Ainsi avait-on fixé et à jamais, pensait-on, des bornes à ton ambition
Tu étais né dans une société qui affirmait avec
Une précision brutale et de toutes les façons possibles, que tu étais une quantité humaine
Absolument négligeable. On n'attendait pas de to que tu aspires à l'excellence; on attendait de toi
Que tu pactises avec la médiocrité
Partout où tu t'es tourné, adressé, James, pendant le peu de
Temps que tu as déjà passé sur cette Terre, tu t'es fait dire où tu pouvais aller, ce que tu pouvais
Faire, et comment tu pouvais le faire, et où tu pouvais habiter, et qui tu pouvais épouser

About “Pride I” by Meshell Ndegéocello

Read the complete lyrics to "Pride I" by Meshell Ndegéocello from the album "No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin" in 2024. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under R&B.

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"Pride I" is credited to Meshell Ndegéocello. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Pride I" appears on "No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin" in 2024.

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